Machine reboots instead of shutting down

Machine reboots instead of shutting down

[Victor Tsaran]

Hello, listers!
I am almost sure that some of you can easily resolve the following problem
of mine. I recently reassembled my computer after a trip from the USA back
to Europe. Everything works fine, but with my RedHat7.0, when I give kernel
the "halt" or "shutdown" command or "telinit 0", my machine reboots itself
instead of shutting down. Is that possible that I have connected something
wrong? Can RedHat kernel be mistaken and send wrong signals to the hardware?
Mine is Asus P2B motherboard. Has anyone ever experienced similar situation?
Best,
VIctor

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Re: Machine reboots instead of shutting down

[Janina Sajka]

Victor:

Two points:

1.)	Check your /etc/inittab. Look for the line that issues the
shutdown command and make sure it says "shutdown -h now". If it says
"shutdown -r now", change it. The default behavior is the -r reboot;

2.)	I have noticed that changing hardware my notebook, for example
swapping out the cdrom from my ultrabay and inserting the second battery,
reliably prevents the kernel from starting up. If I simply power down and
power up again, all is well. The next time I swap hardware, I find I have
to do this again. The first boot attempt doesn't work, but the second one
does.



 On Fri, 4 May 2001,
Victor Tsaran wrote:

> Hello, listers!
> I am almost sure that some of you can easily resolve the following problem
> of mine. I recently reassembled my computer after a trip from the USA back
> to Europe. Everything works fine, but with my RedHat7.0, when I give kernel
> the "halt" or "shutdown" command or "telinit 0", my machine reboots itself
> instead of shutting down. Is that possible that I have connected something
> wrong? Can RedHat kernel be mistaken and send wrong signals to the hardware?
> Mine is Asus P2B motherboard. Has anyone ever experienced similar situation?
> Best,
> VIctor
>
> ******* ******* *******
> have you thought of visiting Cybertsar's Internet Kingdom? It is still
> alive!
> Here is the URL:
> http://kickme.to/vtsaran
>
> ******* ******* *******
>
>
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Re: Machine reboots instead of shutting down

[Victor Tsaran]

Hi, Janina!
thanks for your message. I tried reinitializing my CMOS and BIOS, but will  check the inittab as well. I wouldn't expect anything to be wrong with it though because the installation is quite fresh.
Best,
Victor

Janina Sajka writes:
 > Victor:
 > 
 > Two points:
 > 
 > 1.)	Check your /etc/inittab. Look for the line that issues the
 > shutdown command and make sure it says "shutdown -h now". If it says
 > "shutdown -r now", change it. The default behavior is the -r reboot;
 > 
 > 2.)	I have noticed that changing hardware my notebook, for example
 > swapping out the cdrom from my ultrabay and inserting the second battery,
 > reliably prevents the kernel from starting up. If I simply power down and
 > power up again, all is well. The next time I swap hardware, I find I have
 > to do this again. The first boot attempt doesn't work, but the second one
 > does.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 >  On Fri, 4 May 2001,
 > Victor Tsaran wrote:
 > 
 > > Hello, listers!
 > > I am almost sure that some of you can easily resolve the following problem
 > > of mine. I recently reassembled my computer after a trip from the USA back
 > > to Europe. Everything works fine, but with my RedHat7.0, when I give kernel
 > > the "halt" or "shutdown" command or "telinit 0", my machine reboots itself
 > > instead of shutting down. Is that possible that I have connected something
 > > wrong? Can RedHat kernel be mistaken and send wrong signals to the hardware?
 > > Mine is Asus P2B motherboard. Has anyone ever experienced similar situation?
 > > Best,
 > > VIctor
 > >
 > > ******* ******* *******
 > > have you thought of visiting Cybertsar's Internet Kingdom? It is still
 > > alive!
 > > Here is the URL:
 > > http://kickme.to/vtsaran
 > >
 > > ******* ******* *******
 > >
 > >
 > > _______________________________________________
 > > Speakup mailing list
 > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
 > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
 > >
 > 
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